AUTOSEXING is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. AUTOSEXING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOSEXING?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTOSEXING is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOSEXING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
autosexingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOSEXING scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOSEXING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOSEXING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AUTOSEXING
- All 10 letters of AUTOSEXING are different — nothing repeats.
- AUTOSEXING contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AUTOSEXING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a poultry breed whose chicks show their sex by colour or feather pattern at hatching.
Autosexing breeds save breeders the skilled task of sexing day-old chicks by hand. The difference comes from a sex-linked gene, so cockerels and pullets can be told apart on sight.
How AUTOSEXING is used
Used in poultry keeping and genetics, often before the word breed or chick.
- The farmer chose an autosexing breed to avoid guesswork.
- Autosexing chicks of one sex hatch darker than the other.
- Cream Legbar is a well-known autosexing chicken.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOSEXING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOSEXING
1 longer words begin with AUTOSEXING.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOSEXING
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Common questions about AUTOSEXING
- Is AUTOSEXING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOSEXING, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOSEXING worth?
- AUTOSEXING is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOSEXING mean?
- Describing a poultry breed whose chicks show their sex by colour or feather pattern at hatching.
- What letters can be added to AUTOSEXING?
- AUTOSEXING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOSEXING:
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